A UAE brigadier general received permission from the Pentagon to recruit former members of the Defense Digital Service to work on artificial intelligence for the UAE military — despite past warnings from US spy agencies and federal lawmakers that UAE…
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Trump Signs Memorandum Revoking Security Clearance of Former CISA Director Chris Krebs
President Donald Trump today signed a Presidential Memorandum today revoking any active security clearance currently held by Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, who famously rumbled publicly with Trump over the latter's false allegations…
Did Trump Admin Order U.S. Cyber Command and CISA to Stand Down on Russia? (Story updated)
Two blockbuster stories published on Friday that appear to confirm what many Americans suspected would occur under the Trump administration – that the new regime is going to be softer on Russia than previous administrations, particularly with regard to the…
Did Trump Admin Order U.S. Cyber Command and CISA to Stand Down on Russia?
Two blockbuster stories published on Friday that appear to confirm what many Americans suspected would occur under the Trump administration – that the new regime is going to be softer on Russia than previous administrations, particularly with regard to the…
Court Documents Shed New Light on DOGE Access and Activity at Treasury Department
New court documents shed light on what a 25-year-old DOGE employee named Marko Elez did inside Treasury Department payment systems. They also provide extensive new details about which systems Elez accessed, the security precautions Treasury IT staff took to limit…
U.S. Government Disclosed 39 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in 2023, Per First-Ever Report
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities the government disclosed to vendors to be fixed, rather than keep them secret to exploit, comes out to about three a month. But the figure could rise dramatically under the Trump administration. In a first-of-its-kind…
Anatomy of a Nuclear Scare
How fake radiation readings in New York and New Jersey, coupled with a mysterious drone swarm, fueled a nuclear scare and became a harbinger for things to come The ongoing mystery around a New Jersey drone swarm ignited a number…
Voting Machine Company Involved in Bribing Scandal Has Long History of Controversy
Last week the U.S. Justice Department charged three current and former executives of a U.S.-founded voting machine company with paying bribes to win lucrative election contracts in the Philippines. Roger Piñate, a Venezuelan citizen and president and co-founder of Smartmatic,…
Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
Russian cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, has told workers in its U.S.-based division that they are being laid off this week and that it is closing its U.S. business, according to several sources. The sudden move comes after the U.S. Commerce…
New Government Ban on Kaspersky Would Prevent Company from Updating Malware Signatures in U.S.
The U.S. government has expanded its ban on Kaspersky software in a new move aimed at getting consumers and critical infrastructure to stop using the Russian company’s software products, citing national security concerns. The ban, using new powers granted to…
Apple Chip Flaw Lets Hackers Steal Encryption Keys
A group of researchers has found a serious security vulnerability in Apple’s M-series of chips that would allow attackers to steal secret keys from Mac and iPad devices. The problem affects Apple M1, M2 and M3 chips — which have…
Zero Day Moves to Ghost
Hi Everyone, This is an update and announcement to let you know that I've moved Zero Day from Substack to Ghost. The migration took a couple of months to complete, and I still have some design tweaks I need to…
Nevada AG Asks Court to Ban Meta from Providing End-to-End Encryption to Minors
Nevada's attorney general filed a motion this week to prevent Meta from providing end-to-end encryption to users under eighteen who reside in his state. The request is intended to combat predators who target minors for sexual exploitation and other criminal…
European Standards Body Votes to Release Secret Algorithms
After hit with criticism earlier this year for keeping its encryption algorithms secret, the European standards body behind the TETRA algorithms has decided to open them to the public for scrutiny. This article has been indexed from Zero Day Read…
Sophisticated StripedFly Spy Platform Masqueraded for Years as Crypto Miner
Malware discovered in 2017 was long classified as a crypto miner. But researchers at Kaspersky Lab say it’s actually part of a sophisticated spy platform that has infected more than a million victims. This article has been indexed from Zero…